Including A Heat Breaker Strip Patents (Class 220/592.06)
  • Patent number: 11788784
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a cover assembly configured to cover the conductive resistance sheet. The cover assembly includes an inner cover configured to protect an inside, an outer cover configured to protect an outside, and a front cover configured to a front side, and at least one of the inner cover or the outer cover extends toward the other end of at least one of the first plate or the second plate. According to the embodiments, an edge and a side surface of the vacuum adiabatic body may be protected together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Daewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11740010
    Abstract: A household appliance includes at least one compartment and a housing connection arrangement which surrounds the compartment and includes an outer liner facing outside, an inner liner spaced apart from the outer liner, and a housing frame connected to the outer liner from one side and to the inner liner facing the compartment from the other side. At least one elastic member is provided on a region of the housing connection arrangement where the housing frame connects to the outer liner. At least one reinforcement member is provided adjacent to the outer liner, the housing frame and the elastic member. The reinforcement member includes a first connection lug which is at least partially received by a portion of the elastic member from one side, and a second connection lug configured to be connected to the outer liner with a connection member, from the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Yigit Akalan, Orkun Mert Ergin, Samuel Harward, Cemalettin Hasturk, Toygun Karakaya, Erhan Kaya
  • Patent number: 11692765
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a liner spaced apart from a wrapper. A trim breaker is operably coupled with the liner and the wrapper. A trim adapter assembly is coupled with the trim breaker and includes an adapter member and a corner member. The trim breaker defines a forward receiving space and a protrusion of the trim adapter assembly is received by the forward receiving space. A heat loop assembly is operably coupled with the adapter member. The heat loop assembly includes a cover and a heat loop disposed between the cover and the trim breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lynne F. Hunter, Deepak Gajanan Mankar, Abhay Naik, Sanjesh Kumar Pathak, Sanket V. Phalak
  • Patent number: 11686525
    Abstract: An insulating structure for an appliance includes a trim breaker, a wrapper, and a liner. The wrapper and liner coupled to the trim breaker and at least partially defining a structural cabinet. A barrier is positioned between the liner and the wrapper. The barrier is also coupled to the trim breaker. An inner compressible gasket is proximate the liner, and an outer gasket is proximate the wrapper. The inner gasket and the outer compressible gasket are coupled to the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Devidas B. Raskar, Lorraine J. Westlake
  • Patent number: 11512892
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an inner casing, an outer casing, and a thermal insulation space located between the inner casing and the outer casing and filled with a thermal insulation material, to form a pair of thermal insulation walls disposed opposite to each other. The thermal insulation walls have recesses formed in the inner casing and opened forward. A beam bridges the pair of thermal insulation walls, the beam including insert portions disposed on two ends and respectively inserted into the corresponding recesses. A first fixing mechanism is at least partially located in the recess and fixes the insert portion to the thermal insulation wall, which not only facilitates the assembly of the beam and improves production efficiency, but also is beneficial to improving a weight capacity of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Xiangfan Guo, Zhihui Zhou
  • Patent number: 11359857
    Abstract: A cabinet structure is provided herein that includes an exterior wrapper defining an opening and at least one liner disposed inside the opening of the wrapper with a front edge of the wrapper disposed laterally outward relative to a front edge of the liner. An insulation cavity is disposed between the wrapper and the liner. A trim breaker is coupled to the exterior wrapper and the liner. A hinge bracket is disposed outwardly of the trim breaker. A hinge support has a first portion disposed along the trim breaker and a second portion extending rearwardly from the first portion. An encapsulation member is disposed rearwardly of the trim breaker and defines an encapsulation cavity that is separated from the insulation cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lynne F. Hunter, Daniel Lottinville
  • Patent number: 11346596
    Abstract: A trim breaker for sealing an outer wrapper of an appliance with an inner liner to form an insulation space therebetween is provided. The trim breaker includes a body including a rear wall, a first leg extending from the rear wall, and a second leg extending from the rear wall. The trim breaker also includes a front wall coupled with the body opposite the rear wall, wherein the front wall includes a channel extending inward toward the rear wall, and a chamber defined at least in part between the front wall and the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Whirpool Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek S. Awachat, Luca Distaso, Andrea Gasparoni, Pushpendra Prakash Mahajan, Vishal Shankar Marathe, Pushkal Singh, Nelson Rene Garcia-Polanco
  • Patent number: 11320193
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance door is provided that includes a door wrapper forming an exterior of the appliance door. The door wrapper defines a wrapper flange defining a plurality of wrapper protrusions. A door liner defines a liner flange. The liner flange defines a plurality of liner protrusions. The door wrapper and the door liner are in a spaced apart configuration. A trim breaker defines a wrapper groove, a liner groove and a gasket groove. The wrapper flange is centered within the wrapper groove and the liner flange is centered within the liner groove. An adhesive is positioned within each of the wrapper and liner grooves. A portion of a gasket is positioned within the gasket groove of the trim breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry M. Visin, Lynne F. Hunter, Paul B. Allard
  • Patent number: 11320194
    Abstract: An insulating structure for an appliance includes a trim breaker, a wrapper, and a liner. The wrapper and liner coupled to the trim breaker and at least partially defining a structural cabinet. A barrier is positioned between the liner and the wrapper. The barrier is also coupled to the trim breaker. An inner compressible gasket is proximate the liner, and an outer gasket is proximate the wrapper. The inner gasket and the outer compressible gasket are coupled to the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Devidas B. Raskar, Lorraine J. Westlake
  • Patent number: 10947773
    Abstract: An electrical panel enclosure includes a door hingedly secured to an enclosure body at the front side of the enclosure body. The door includes a door panel having a planar door panel body with opposite first and second side edge margins, and a first side door flange extending rearwardly from the first side edge margin of the door panel body. The first side door flange extends at an angle greater than 90 degrees relative to the planar door panel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Reese, Ken Huggins, Jason S. Mevius
  • Patent number: 10837479
    Abstract: An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner, and a composite encapsulation system that hermetically seals an insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. The composite encapsulation system includes a base adhesive and an outer adhesive, wherein the base adhesive defines a structural adhesive component and the outer adhesive defines a sealing adhesive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lakshya J. Deka, Hua Liu, Abhay Naik
  • Patent number: 10808989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including an inner case configured to form a storage compartment, wherein the inner case forms the storage compartment by combining side panels formed in a plate shape between a front frame and a rear panel so that a side surface of the storage compartment is not necessarily formed as an inclined surface, thereby further increasing a capacity of the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Han Yoon, Byung Su Kim, Seung Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 10760849
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate member; a second plate member; a sealing part sealing the first plate member and the second plate member to provide a third space; a supporting unit maintaining the third space; a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate member and the second plate member; and an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted. The vacuum adiabatic body further includes a peripheral adiabatic part provided to an outer wall of an edge portion of the third space to improve the adiabatic performance of the edge portion of the third space, and the peripheral adiabatic part is provided as a separate adiabatic member. Accordingly, an adiabatic effect may be improved and volume of an outer door in a door-in-door refrigerator may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Sungsub Lee
  • Patent number: 10697699
    Abstract: A cabinet for an appliance, such as a refrigerated appliance, includes a cabinet wrapper, a trim breaker operably coupled to the cabinet wrapper and defining an interface, and load transfer bracket operably coupled to the interface. Structural loading stresses are transferred to the load transfer bracket at the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Sai B. Krishna, Abhay Naik
  • Patent number: 10537038
    Abstract: An electrical panel enclosure includes a baffle secured to an enclosure body. The baffle is between a first door gasket and a first side door flange of the first door to impede liquid flow toward the first door gasket when the first door is in the closed position. The baffle is also between a second door gasket and a second side door flange of a second door to impede liquid flow toward the second door gasket when the second door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Robert J. Reese, Ken Huggins, Jason S. Mevius
  • Patent number: 10215471
    Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet having first and second sidewalls and an interior mullion extending therebetween, wherein the first and second sidewalls and the interior mullion define a plurality of interior compartments. First and second stanchions define vertical structural members of the first and second sidewalls, respectively. The first stanchion includes a first medial flange that extends partially into the interior mullion. The first medial flange defines a first hinge attachment point, and a distal end of the first medial flange is positioned proximate a first hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Grimm, Jeremiah S. Papke, Axel Julio Ramm, Gerald S. Szczech, Geraldo Luiz Thomaz, Scott M. Wesbrook
  • Patent number: 10001319
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a refrigerating apparatus includes providing an inner liner defining a refrigerator compartment for storing goods to be cooled and a freezer compartment for storing goods to be frozen, the inner liner being provided as a one-piece component part. In one solution, the step of providing the inner liner includes forming a freezer delimiting shell in a precursor element of the inner liner, providing an evaporator portion around the freezer delimiting shell, and forming a refrigerator delimiting shell in the precursor element adjacent to the freezer delimiting shell with the evaporator portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Augusto Buosi, Sergio Grotto
  • Patent number: 9879900
    Abstract: A refrigerated appliance having a cabinet defining at least one interior compartment, the cabinet having a metal inner liner, a framed thermal break member having four corner joinery elements coupled to four side thermal breaks, and a cabinet face plate. The refrigerated appliance also has a door coupled to the cabinet where the door has a framed profile having four corner joints coupled to four side profiles, an inner panel, two or more ladders, a gasket, and an outer door panel. The framed thermal break member is coupled to the metal liner and the cabinet face plate. The framed profile is coupled to the inner panel, two or more ladders, the gasket, and the outer door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Ammerman, Byron Gerber, Chad Rotter, Dustin Schumacher, John F. Wikoff
  • Patent number: 9249614
    Abstract: An attic access drop panel for selectively closing a geometrically shaped attic passageway includes a rigid panel having an external periphery formed to fit within the structural elements defining the attic passageway and an insulating member on top of the rigid panel conforming to the external periphery of the rigid panel. A plurality of angle brackets are affixed about the periphery of the rigid panel wherein each bracket has a first leg affixed to the top of the rigid panel and a second leg extends upwardly from the top of the rigid panel. The second leg defines at least one protrusion engaging the insulating member and forms a bead at a top of the second leg for bearing against a structural element of the attic defining the attic passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Charles Anthony Mucciolo
  • Patent number: 9217600
    Abstract: A no-frost refrigeration device includes at least one storage chamber for items to be cooled; and an evaporator chamber which is formed by a two-part first housing having first and second housing parts. The first housing part has, at least locally, a flexible surface, and the second housing part has formed thereon a rib which is pressed in a sealing manner into the flexible surface. A ventilator is located in the evaporator chamber for driving air circulation running through the storage chamber and the evaporator chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GmbH
    Inventor: Michaela Malisi
  • Patent number: 8602251
    Abstract: A wall structure of a large-sized refrigerated storage and a construction method thereof are provided. The wall structure comprises an interior wall board (1), an exterior wall board (2) and a skeleton positioned between the interior wall board (1) and the exterior wall board (2). A polyurethane foam plastic (7) is filled between the interior wall board (1) and he exterior wall board (2). The method for construction a wall of a large-sized refrigerated storage comprises the following steps: A. building the wall skeleton; B. mounting a color steel plate on the outer surface of the skeleton to form an exterior wall board (2) of the wall; C. painting the polyurethane spraying material on the exterior wall board (2) layer by layer for multiple times, and reserving a pouring apace at a distance of 40 to 80 mm from the installation position of a interior wall board (1); and D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Guangzhou Baier Cold-Chain Polyurethane Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 7878188
    Abstract: A self-heating beverage container includes a housing defining an open interior area for holding a liquid and defining a cavity separated from the open interior area. The container includes a heater portion removably coupled to the housing within the cavity. First and second reactants may be positioned in the cartridge area where they may be selectively combined to produce heat when a seal between them is punctured, causing the liquid to be heated. The container includes a selection portion that is selectively separable from the housing. A plurality of flavoring agents is positioned in the selection portion, each flavoring agent being separated from each other flavoring agent. Each flavoring agent is selectively separated from said open interior area by at least one breakable barrier. Each breakable barrier may be selectively pierced so as to dispense an ingredient into the liquid where it may be selectively mixed and heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Barksdale
  • Patent number: 7055920
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet includes an interior liner, an exterior cabinet and a breaker assembly. The breaker assembly connects the interior liner and the exterior cabinet and maintains a space therebetween. The breaker assembly includes a first breaker strip. The first breaker strip has a forward leg, a side leg, and a clip portion. The side leg extends from the forward leg and is oriented substantially perpendicular to the forward leg. The clip portion is carried by the forward leg. An adjacent side surface of the exterior cabinet is defined by a sheet of cardboard. The cardboard is captured between the side leg and the clip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Leistner, Richard D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 6485122
    Abstract: A heat-insulating wall, such as a refrigerator door or housing, includes a substantially vacuum-tight outer paneling, an inner paneling, a substantially vacuum-tight connecting diaphragm formed from material having low heat conduction, a diaphragm cover formed from material having low heat conduction, and a protective profile with an opposite magnetic pole or a magnetic seal. The diaphragm is respectively vacuum-tightly connected to the inner paneling and to the outer paneling at free borders thereof. The outer paneling, the diaphragm, and the inner paneling define an evacuable cavity that is filled with an evacuable supporting material. The diaphragm cover covers at least a part of the diaphragm. The protective profile is secured one or both of the inner paneling and the outer paneling and substantially covers the diaphragm cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: BSH Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Wolf, Wolfgang Kentner, Jürgen Hirath, Stefan Holzer, Adolf Feinauer, Richard Horn